Urban Realities
Two important poets of the 1960s/1970s address the urban experience. These are Pedro Pietri who wrote Puerto Rican Obituary, and Miguel Pinero who wrote A Lower East Side Poem, and The Cause.
Below is Pinero's performance of 'The Cause' followed by Pedro Pietri's reading of Puerto Rican Obituary
Read the text of A Lower East Side Poem here, The Cause here and Puerto Rican Obituary by Pedro Pietri here
Two important poets of the 1960s/1970s address the urban experience. These are Pedro Pietri who wrote Puerto Rican Obituary, and Miguel Pinero who wrote A Lower East Side Poem, and The Cause.
Below is Pinero's performance of 'The Cause' followed by Pedro Pietri's reading of Puerto Rican Obituary
Read the text of A Lower East Side Poem here, The Cause here and Puerto Rican Obituary by Pedro Pietri here
Pedro Pietri - PR Obituary